Published
Monday, March 31, 2008 - 17:53
KIO arrests key Tibetan activists at China's insistence
In an act which is not likely to go down well with democracy activists the world over, the Kachin ceasefire group, Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Northern Burma bordering China's Yunnan province, arrested yesterday two key Tibetan political activists hiding in its controlled area in Laiza, KIO sources said.
In an act which is not likely to go down well with democracy activists the world over, the Kachin ceasefire group, Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Northern Burma bordering China's Yunnan province, arrested yesterday two key Tibetan political activists hiding in its controlled area in Laiza, KIO sources said.
The arrests were made at the insistence of the Chinese government and the operation was carried out by Laiza based KIO's immigration and foreign relation departments.
The two Tibetan political activists were arrested by KIO in Laiza and they were handed over to the Chinese authorities soon after their capture, said KIO sources.
The two male Tibetan political activists were being hunted by Chinese authorities so they escaped to Laiza from Yunnan province. The Chinese provided background data of the activists to the KIO, according to KIO sources.
China has tightened security in Yunnan province including in the Tibetan area known as Shangri-La, in southwest Yunnan province after protests snowballed in Tibet against China in its capital, Lhasa, over a week ago.
Meanwhile today afternoon, Chinese and Burmese military officials met at Laiza Hotel in the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) on the border with China's Yunnan Province, said Laiza sources.
The military officials of the two countries' near the Sino-Burma border mainly discussed border security issues. China does not want any military conflicts along the border where Burma's ethnic armed groups are based before the Beijing Olympics in August, KIO sources said.
Eight Chinese military delegates led by a high ranking military officer from Baoshan military base in Yunnan Province came to Laiza along the Ledo Road (Stilwell Road), Tengchong-Kambaiti-Waingmaw, KIO officers said.
The Chinese military delegates met for about two hours with 20 Burmese military officials led by Brig-Gen San Htun, Deputy Military Commander of Kachin State at the meeting room in Laiza Hotel, sources in Laiza said.
The arrests were made at the insistence of the Chinese government and the operation was carried out by Laiza based KIO's immigration and foreign relation departments.
The two Tibetan political activists were arrested by KIO in Laiza and they were handed over to the Chinese authorities soon after their capture, said KIO sources.
The two male Tibetan political activists were being hunted by Chinese authorities so they escaped to Laiza from Yunnan province. The Chinese provided background data of the activists to the KIO, according to KIO sources.
China has tightened security in Yunnan province including in the Tibetan area known as Shangri-La, in southwest Yunnan province after protests snowballed in Tibet against China in its capital, Lhasa, over a week ago.
Meanwhile today afternoon, Chinese and Burmese military officials met at Laiza Hotel in the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) on the border with China's Yunnan Province, said Laiza sources.
The military officials of the two countries' near the Sino-Burma border mainly discussed border security issues. China does not want any military conflicts along the border where Burma's ethnic armed groups are based before the Beijing Olympics in August, KIO sources said.
Eight Chinese military delegates led by a high ranking military officer from Baoshan military base in Yunnan Province came to Laiza along the Ledo Road (Stilwell Road), Tengchong-Kambaiti-Waingmaw, KIO officers said.
The Chinese military delegates met for about two hours with 20 Burmese military officials led by Brig-Gen San Htun, Deputy Military Commander of Kachin State at the meeting room in Laiza Hotel, sources in Laiza said.
